I downloaded the outlook connector and went through the entire tutorial and i believe i set up my contacts and calender correctly. All the contacts and calender entries from outlook are now in my windows live account, and are also on my HTC trophy.
The problem i'm running into is now that it doesn't actively sync and keep my live entries up to date. If i add a new contact in outlook, i dont see it in live or on my Trophy, and the same with new calender entries.
I feel like i'm missing something small, but i just cant seem to figure it out. I tried deleting the live calender in outlook and recopying it again, and that worked to show new entries, but it still does not actively sync with new entries.
Make sure you're adding to the right calendar and contacts, there is at least 2 of each, contacts will have something like contacts and then contacts from "live account username", calendar you'll need to tick the box for calendar from "live account username" and add your entries to that calendar to get them on your phone. As an aside do you only use outlook for your live account?
No i use outlook for business email, contacts and calendar.
I'm attempting to delete the entire Live account from outlook and also clear my contacts, and calendar from hotmail then add everything again. Hopefully it works this time.
So just so i'm correct in my way of thinking, once Outlook connector is configured correctly it should automatically sync your contact and email 3 ways between the WP7 Smartphone, Windows Live, and Outlook? and for most people is this working flawlessly?
Yes thats right, anything you add to Outlook against your Live bits will sync to Windows Live which in turn will sync to your phone and any combination of adding on one will update the other two, it's not instant but will all catch up eventually (think mainly down to how you have your sync intervals)
ah, now i see where the confusion comes into play.
Only the Live(hotmail) profile in outlook will sync with the rest. Not my original profile. SO that means if i create a new calendar item in my regular POP account, i have to copy it over to my Live account in order for it to sync with the cloud, and then my trophy.
Seems like the simpler thing to do would be to use gmail calender sync. At least that doesn't require redundant sync's.
at least we know that MS thought it through
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Two Outlook Calendars
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We have expanded our company and we are now keeping 2 calendars in our outlook. We have 4smartphone set up and it syncs both of our outlook calendars with no problems.
I am trying to get both of the calendars to sync to my phone..
Is it possible to sync two calendars, from the same outlook program to the phone.
We have set up 2 calendars within the same running version of outlook and we can view them both at the same time side beside etc but they do not seem to sync to the phone.
Anyone got an idea on how to make this work?
THanks
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Two Outlook Calendars
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We have expanded our company and we are now keeping 2 calendars in our outlook. We have 4smartphone set up and it syncs both of our outlook calendars with no problems.
I am trying to get both of the calendars to sync to my phone..
Is it possible to sync two calendars, from the same outlook program to the phone.
We have set up 2 calendars within the same running version of outlook and we can view them both at the same time side beside etc but they do not seem to sync to the phone.
Anyone got an idea on how to make this work?
THanks
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I think it's possible, but you risk duplicating all the entries between the two.
So, what happens is you sync Calendar A, then Calendar B. Then when you sync after that, because your device has only one calendar database, it syncs ALL the appoinments from both A & B to each on your PC.
Hope it made sense, but to do it, it should be just a matter of setting up a connection twice, one for each.
2 Calendars
I understand what you are saying, but i think i might not have been clear.
In Outlook 2007 you can have as many sub-calendars as you want.
We are now using 2,
Calendar 1 syncs with 4smartphone.net and syncs with my phone using 4smartphone.net
Calendar 2, which is a sub calendar syncs with 4smartphone.net just fine, but doesnt sync with my phone.
I guess my question would really be, how to sync a sub calendar and main calendar with my phone.
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I understand what you are saying, but i think i might not have been clear.
In Outlook 2007 you can have as many sub-calendars as you want.
We are now using 2,
Calendar 1 syncs with 4smartphone.net and syncs with my phone using 4smartphone.net
Calendar 2, which is a sub calendar syncs with 4smartphone.net just fine, but doesnt sync with my phone.
I guess my question would really be, how to sync a sub calendar and main calendar with my phone.
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Sorry, missed the part about using a seperate server. I thought you meant through AS or WMDC, try contacting your server.
server
no its not on a seperate server
i have 1 program of outlook running on my desktop
within outlook i have 2 calendars open
with outlook 2007 you can have as many sub calenders as you want.
all the sub folders sync with my 4smartphone.net account no problems at all
but when i activesync it only takes the main calendar...
i need it to sync the subs also, like
email
you can pick which folders to sync but there is no option for calendars to do teh same.
Maybe if you had two different activesinc .....????? I really don't know but you would have to figure out how to have one activesinc syncronize one calendar and another activesinc sycronize the other but I have no idea how you would set this up. If there is another program out there that can also syncronize then use activesinc for one and the other for the other calendar.
Just thought, but I really don't even know if anything like this would be possible. I might just be right out in left field with this line of thinking.
Alright, how many .pst files do you have for outlook, and check what options you have for syncing the calendar through AS.
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Two Outlook Calendars
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We have expanded our company and we are now keeping 2 calendars in our outlook. We have 4smartphone set up and it syncs both of our outlook calendars with no problems.
I am trying to get both of the calendars to sync to my phone..
Is it possible to sync two calendars, from the same outlook program to the phone.
We have set up 2 calendars within the same running version of outlook and we can view them both at the same time side beside etc but they do not seem to sync to the phone.
Anyone got an idea on how to make this work?
THanks
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I have several calendars, contacts and task folders that I sync. Use pocket mirror professional. I do believe this is what you need. There is a trial demo so give it a shot. A valuable tool for myself.
I have all this in 1 .pst file
just extra sub calendars
Before I got my WinMo phone I had all my email accounts in outlook, along with my contacts and calendar. I consolidated all of my email accounts into my gmail account. Imported all of my contacts and calendar entries.
I downloaded my emails to my phone through an IMAP connection, I sync my calendar entries between the phone and gmail. Is there a way I can sync my contacts from my phone to gmail without going through outlook on my computer?
I want to eliminate the middle man (my computer) in all the syncing so all of my stuff is available through my phone or gmail so that way if i'm at a friends and don't have my phone or computer I can still access information if need be.
With the contacts, in case its not clear enough, I synced all my contacts from outlook to my phone when I got it. I then imported all of my contacts from outlook into gmail. Now I get a call on my phone and then add that number as a new contact. How do I sync that new number into gmail without going through outlook?
http://www.google.dk/search?source=...ontacts+pocketpc&btnG=Google-søgning&meta=lr=
tried looking here?
I was searching syncing gmail contacts windows mobile instead of pocketpc and gsync wasn't coming up on my search. Ill have to give it a try later. OGG Sync says it does contacts but the only thing I can find on it is calendar.
Thanks for the help
Gsync doesn't sync contacts from the phone to google. Somebody has to be doing this?
Try nuevasync.com
plexo.com + rememberthemilk.com + mesh.com = complete outlook replacement
Is paid service ($50/yr) but is by far the best I've ever used. Will sync your contacts and calendar with device/outlook/google/yahoo etc. I also use rememberthemilk to sync taks online, and Live Mesh for files and photos. Using Linux as a main OS forces you to find all the best-of-breed non-MS solutions, it's entirely possible to ditch outlook and still have 100% functionality replaced with online cloud services.
Hey,
I have a whole range of appointments on my Hotmail account, but they don't show on my phone.
I have added the email account to the phone and when I go to calendar -> ... -> calendars
I see my hoymail account is there in magenta.
If I go to the hotmai tile and prss the sync ico I receive my emails but no appointments.
I've checked the calendar in the settings.
Am I missing something?
Edit: appareantly it only syncs the main calendar, not the calendars you add manually.
ARRAY[0] always wins.
yea, at present only the default calendar syncs. hopefully MS implements multiple calendars for the update...
I have 4 calendars that sync to my phone.. all work perfectly fine... 1 gmail calendar my personal windows live calendar, my wifes personal windows live calendar and then our business windows live calendar.
Each Calendar does have its own email account. If you haven't done so already go to settings... email & accounts then select the account in question... make sure that you have the "calendar" box checked... If my business one has 3 boxes I can check for content to sync. Email, Contacts and Calendar.
I tinkered with this for a while to get it working. We actually had ONE family account that had 2 separate calendars linked in that account. When in outlook I could see the two calendars and when I would make changes it would update the windows live calendar online BUT it wouldn't push the second calendar to my phone just the main one associated with the account. As such I just left that one as my wifes personal calendar and I made myself another one that can sync to both of our phones (we both have the Focus)
Once all the accounts were configured we now are able to make changes to the calendars on the phone or computer (either right in windows live or in outlook) and everything all syncs nicely now.
side note... in the same settings place you can select how often your content syncs.. I have mine set to 30 minutes BUT if I want to sync the calendar after making a change I go back to settings and accounts select but hold your finger on whatever account you want to sync and an option comes up to sync or delete account.. select sync and it will do its thing.
Additional Side note: As both my wife and I have the focus (I got her away from the Iphone) we both use our main family email address as the main account on the phone... what I discovered after doing a hard reset a few days ago was that when I rebooted the phone it installed ALL the apps she had purchased up to that date. I myself haven't purchased any and was a little confused while all these random aps were on my phone. Perhaps a glitch in their design but works for me!!!
Hi Aaron,
Seek your advice:
My appointments are all in Microsoft Outlook Calendar. Currently I would save the calendar in a temporary folder in my laptop, and then upload the file to my Window Live using the same laptop, then syn my phone to the Window Live on 3G network. I wonder if there is any easier way to syn my calendar.
Thanks.
much easier way.. just add your windows live account to outlook..
In Outlook it's usually *file ---> add account
Once you have added your windows live account you'll see it under your calendar tab.
When you open your calendar in outlook you can have it so both your outlook and windows live calendar are open side by side. Just simply highlight the appointments you want synced and you're good to go. Once thats done any changes you make on the windows live calendar IN outlook will sync to your windows live online account... and your phone.
Hope this helps
Hi Aaron,
Thanks a lot. Will try this out right away!
So I have 2 main email Adresses conected with my Phone.
One is my Xbox live account and the second one is the Primary calender and Gmail account I use. Both are Gmail Accounts.
The Problem is that the calender syncs neither of those accounts.
How do I fix that?
it is set to Sync in the options.
Thanks in advance!
wp7 can currently sync the 'main' calendar from any of your email accounts. It wont sync either of them? It should be able to sync both calendars if you want to (only the primary calendar for each).
Thanks for the quick reply
so I tested it with both accounts. It does sync the calender if I enter the date on the pc, but it does not sync it back to the gmail calender if I create the event on the phone.
hmm..that is weird. I put things on my phone all the time, and they end up in my online calendar as well. Although I just use my hotmail calendar.
Try unchecking the sync with calendar box, and redoing it. I really don't know why it only sync's one way, maybe somebody else can chime in?
I know thats the weird thing.
So i did some testing the primary email acc is the [email protected] addy, but the main acc I use is the other one.
If i use the calender on gmail it wont work, but it will copy from the hotmail cal to the phone but not back to the hotmail cal.
And my main acc doe not sync at all.
it is very weird, maybe because I have two accs?
I just tested with my Google Calendar. Put in an appointment on phone, and it was up online within seconds.
Then I deleted that event online, and was taken off phone. I then added a different one online, and it was sent to the phone calendar almost instantly.
Worked very well, so not sure whats causing your issue
Hi! I'm currently an android user and am looking to possibly move to the Windows phone side. I am currently waiting on my Lumia 800 to be delivered, but have a few questions about contact syncing
I currently have my contacts on gmail and android syncs to it as expected. What I miss is the ability to have a local copy in my desktop outlook (non-exchange), so I usually download from gmail once a month and overwrite my outlook contacts (since gmail is almost always up-to-date because of my phone)
Reading about this on microsoft's site, it looks like I can sync up my outlook to my live account (using hotmail connector which I already use).
Question 1 - is this a one time sync (between live acct and desktop outlook)? Or does it sync back and forth if there are changes in either location? (I assume/expect that the WP7 will make sure that the phone and live acct will always be in sync regardless of where I make changes).
In other words, will my phone, live acct and outlook contacts be in perfect sync?
Question 2 - If I have my gmail account set up in WP7 people hub, will it show me duplicate contacts (that I will have to manually link)? Or will it be able to synchronize my contacts between gmail and live as well?
Thanks!
if i remember well from 9 months ago when i did this
answer 1: it is one time sync
answer 2: it will link them together but not sync them
Thanks! Do you know of a free & reliable way to make it sync regularly between Live and desktop outlook (non-exchange)?
i do not but your live account contacts will show in outlook anyway so you can directly use them
I have a question sortof related to this...
My girlfriend got a Radar 4G for Xmas and will be switching over from Android in the next couple of days, is there any tutorials or instructions on how to do that available?
Is there a way to manually sync her contacts between gmail and the phone? If not, is there a way to back them up somehow?
I'm not really up on exchange or any of MS's services and could use some pointers...